• The Caltech Weekly, May 21, 2026 > Wired > Caltech Professor Answers Robotics Questions (4-28-2026) – What’s the chance…
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Two years after Time’s “TIME 100 AI” cover for 2023 – the most influential people in AI … movers & shakers, shaping the good, bad, & ugly, we have a shorter list for the 2025 cover. I’ve read & written a lot about AI the last two years. Time’s article covers all the bases. Even…
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Just a note that in December 2006, I installed and evaluated the latest versions of Skype for Mac and PC. I tested interoperability between Mac and PC, and video conferencing. I recommend Skype because of interoperability and the large international user base. I also looked at web cameras. There are a lot of them. I studied specifications and reviews of Microsoft and Logitech products. The pricier models appear better. However,…
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As of 11-17-2005, I’ve built a sample model for using FileMaker Pro as a GUI to a SQL Database using ODBC. My objective was merely to explore whether it was practical to use FMP (rather than other less “friendly” GUI applications or tedious Web-browser based HTML/PHP interfaces). I had found no useful examples on the Internet, including some FMP forums. Scripts do SELECT (import), INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE. Some error checking…
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An easier way to quickly post something. Still requires logging in (if not already). Oh, what the note about this feature probably means to say is that after logging in you can go about browsing the web wherever. Then whenever you want to post something to your blog, you can just use the bookmarklet link, and continue browsing. A convenience.
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DreamHost’s latest newsletter (Newsletter v7.1 January 2005) describes additional “Goodies” which can enhance client web sites, such as Bulletin Boards, Polls, and Stores. Here’re some excerpts below. — … we’ve converted the new “Goodies > WordPress Blog” area into the now-even-newer “Goodies > One-Click Installs” area! Everything’s just like it was before, except now you can ALSO install a phpBB2 forum, Advanced Poll software, and an OSCommerce store … all…
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In order to provide expanded and enhanced customer support, DigiVideoPlus.com now offers WordPress-based blogging for customers, as a free “goodie” on any fully-hosted domain. WordPress is free, open source weblog software based on PHP and MySQL. “Mere mortals” can post and comment on site articles — no Web programming skill is required. For more information about WordPress see: wordpress.org.